Casket-sealing means.



L. H. MGNTROSS.

GASKET SEALING MEANS.

PPLIoATIoN FILED rms, 190s. mmnwm) AUGv 11 Patented Ma,r 28,1911.

Luv: E. mouraoss, or Gamen, new JERSEY.

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spannen@ of Lettersratnt .l Patented Mar. 218i, 1911.

Application led February 5, 1908, Se rial No. 414,403. Renewed August '11, 1910. Serial No. 576,674.

To all autom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ln H. MoNTno'ss, a,

. citiaenofthev United States, residing in the provide `means" for engagement 'with the ,Clamp which shall be capable of construe city and county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented' a new and useful Casket-Sealing Means, of which the following is a specification,

The purpose of my invention is -to reduce the cost and increase the elliciency of metallic caskets. 1

A further purpose. of my invention is toA provide a clampv of such construction that it cannet'becomeseparated from the casket.

' A further purpose of my invention is to provide a tube of novel construction for sealmg purposes.l

A furtherV purpose of my inventiony is to the manufact-ure of .the i casket,

A. further urpose of-my invention is. to provide an e argementof the sealing flange 0f @metal Casket byswelling the said flange for engagement of a clamp;

tion in a .die press proper and as part of Aeurther purpose of my invention is to fasten a clamp by lever action and to secure the clamp 1n its said position by moving the lever beyond tbe centerline of Strain,

" .A further object is Vto provide sealing gasket that will automatically distribute the 'clamping pressure evenly throughout the entire boundary of vjuncture.und obviate the ecessityfor exact parallelism: 'of sealing 35 anges. y

It further consists of other novel features i i of construction, allfas will be hereinafter fully set forth. Figure 1 represents a fragmentary side eleva-tion of. aconstruotion emobodylui; luy

invention, Fig. 2 represents the Same 1.11

fragmentary cross-sectiouupoudiue fate of Fig. 1. Fig. Brepreseuts another lposltum L I. of 'the parts in Fig; 2 in similar cross Section Fig. 4E represents'a longitudinal section of the eonstructionshown in Fig. 2 upon line Figs. 5 and 6 represent moded ilorms of. clamp checking means- Fig- 7 represeuts the tube used by me iu cross-section. .Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parte in the gures Referring tothe drawiugss-.l designates vthe cover and 2 th. body' of a casket having handle su port 3 an \bar handle It, 'l I yhave illustrate 1t as suitably paneled at'. 6 and 7 and to provide v*for decoration an name i plate. The sealibetween thel parts'is made by means of flanges 8 and 9 connected with the cover and body respectively, of' which flange 8 4is-prezferabl provided'with an extension 10 overlapping the lower or body flange when in osition. The corner on the inside ofthe flange at 11 Fig. 3 is preferably the parts, all that will be necessary being to.

rest the cover of the casket upon the body thereof with the tube between, bring the clamps into engagement as'v hereinafter stated, and set them, the act of'setting them distributing the pressure in the tubing soas to cause it to press against the entire inner surfaces of the flanges even if they be not exactly uniformi or Smooth,v

I may enlarge the flanges 8 and 9 at 15 and A16 in general elliptical shape desirably enlarging in one direction only, as best seen in Fig. 2, making the distance from side to side at this enlargement the same as the distance from side to side throughout the remann portion of these tlanges correspon ing 4to the inner .diameter thereof. This can easily be done by die pressing the parts either during the pressing of the casket members or at a dlereut'time therefrom. The purpose to provide a wedge-for ensagement by some clamp, of which I have shown one desirable form in my Patent, No. 819,301, granted May 1st, 1906 lor to provide a trussed surface without sharp joining corners against which my clamp 17 here dissol closed and claimed may be used. Evidently ment 16, I preferab attach a stiffemng To the lower or bodly llange, as at enlargetrate riveting thereof at 426. The link is pivoted to the lower part of the clamp 17 by pivot 27 passing preferably within the yoke formed by'cutting away a portion of the clamp at 28 to leave side extenslons thereof at-29and 30. It willbe evident that 'other means of arranging this connection between the clamp and the lower part 16 may be made use of to provide movement of the parts while preventing total disengagef ment of the clamp from the members and that other suitable form of such attachment *disconnectedl from the meetin of the clamp to the casket member may be -applied to a form of reinforced flange such as shown in Patent No. 819,301, granted to V .l me May 1, 1906.

I attain another advantage by the link connectiommade use of by me than attachment of the parts, as I make use of the link to permit setting of the clam by mere lpressure of the lowerportion o the clamp inwardly after engagement of the upper portion thereofwith the upper enlarged part 15 of the flange 8. The way in which this is completed will be evidentfrom Figs. 2 and 3 where in Fig. 3 the clamp is shown parts, the pivot 27 being outside of the line of strain between the upper inner surface 18v of the clamp and the pivot 21 which line cf strain follows approximately the line y-y. It will be evident that movement to the position shown in Fig. 24 locks the clamp in osition at the same time that engagement o extensions 29 and 30 with the casket or with g extensions therefrom prevents further movement of the lower part of the clamp toward i the casket and consequent loosening of thei 5o y'clamping action.

In order to show that the, means forl preventing excessive inward movement of the lower part of t'he clamp isnot limited to the particular form shown, I have illustrated two of the many other forms which might be used, showing these in Figs. 5 and 6. In Fig. 5 the nose or lug 31 upon the link engages with the reinforcement to stop movement of clamp 1,7? while in Fig. 6 an arm 32 from the link takes the place of lthe extensions of 29 and 30 in engaging with the casket member.l The arm 32 terminates in a cushion 33 which can, of course., be.ap. plied to any of the other forms to prevent vibration or noise.

It will be evident that the setting of the clamp by any suitable means will cause compression of the tube throughout the normal f evident that this tube may be filled with any desired non-injurious or rotective fluidwhich may be in the form o gas or liquid and that the latter may become set or not asdesired, permitting the use of oils or other liquids or, of cements and that the cements may be air or time set as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v1. In a metallic burial casket, a body, and a cover, having respectively flanged meeting sealing parts 1n combination with a clamp adapted to engage said parts. 2. In a metallic burial casket, the combination with the body and cover having laterally extended coperatin semicircular flanges, enlarged" at interva s, of clamps adapted to engage said enlargements. and a gasket filling the normal space between said anges and their enlar 'ements '3. In a burial casket-,t e combination with.

the body and vcover portions having lateral extensions thereon, said extensions being op-l positely swelled to form enlargements, of Aa gasket between the extensions, a clamp mem-4 er adapted to engage the upper of the opposite swelled portions, a link and pivots for said link upon the clamp and lower swelled portion, the link being longer between its pivots than the distance required to set the clamp..

. af metal burial casket, the combination with the `cover and body casket members laterally flanged to provide coperat ing semi-tubular sealing extensions, of a.

clamp member enga 'n one of said extensions, and a link an plvots connecting the other of said extensions with the. clamp and forming. with the extension when in.. posi I' tion a toggle for setting the clamp.

5. In a metallic. burial casket, the combination with the body andcover members and flanged coperative-extensions thereon,

ofa gasket witltin said extensions, a clam for said members, and a link connected wit said clamp and one of said members fon Y' tightening said extensions.

6. In a metal burialycasket, the combinaseneca Y clamp member av link pivotally connected with one of said extensions and the clamp member, and an extension upon oneof the movable parts to engage Wit-h a fixed part and thus limit the movement of the clamp after the clamp` has passed the position of maximum strain.

8. In a metal burial casket, the combina-f tion with the cover and body casket parts terminating in lateral cooperating sealing extensions, of a tube adapted to lie between said extensions and of greater diameter than the diameter of the tubular space formed between the extensions, and a toggle-operated clamp adapted to engageons of the extensions.

9. In a metal burial casket, the combinafi tion with the cover andl body casket parts terminating in lateralv cooperating sealing extensions, of a compound tube comprising inner and outer members of which one is leadand the other rubber.

10. In a metal burial casket, the combination with the cover and body casket parts terminating in lateral cooperating sealing extensions having a non-uniform space be tween, of a gasket located in said extension and so formed that when compi'essed at one point it will correspondingly expand in other parts, thereby equalizing the pressure V:for the whole sealing boundary, and means of a gasket adapted to lie in said space, a-

clamp for engagement with the exterior of one of said extensions, a link, and means for pivoting the link to the clamp and to the other extension so that the space between the pivotv points shallbe longer than the distance requiredto set the clamp.

l2. In a metal burial casket, body and cover portions having lateral sealing extensions thereon, in combination with a closed tube, adapted to hold a fluid, a clamp for compressing said tube .and a toggle-like means for operating said clamp.

13. In a device of the character stated, upper and lower casket members coperatively grooved throughout their meeting edges to provide a space therebetween of variant size at different points about the edges in combination with a tube for said space,'adapted 'to hold a fluid, and means for compressingI the tube to cause it to swell into i the larger parts of the space lprovided by the grooves. I

LEVI H. MONTROSS. Witnesses:

W.A S.A JACKSON, C. D. McVAr. 

